Maratac AAA Q5 (Part 3)
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Flying Turtle
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I'm happy to report the flickering seems to have stopped. Apparently it was a contact issue after all.
Geoff
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leukos
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AFAustin
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Geoff,
Anything special you did to get the flickering on low to stop?
Thanks.
Andrew
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I just ordered three (3) Maratac Polished Stainless Steel AAA flashights. I think they will make excellent Christmas gifts.:thumbsup:
Lay some 320 or finer grit sand paper on a solid, flat surface. Remove the head. Stand the body, open end first on the sand paper and give 2-3 gentle twists. Clean off with an alcohol rag. Q-tip the inside of the head with an alcohol swap. Re-lube with Nyogel or a bit of lithium grease for the stainless version and reassemble. That should take care of it.
steamfish
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Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! ;p
AFAustin
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Patriot,
Thanks for the suggestion. I gave it a try, but unfortunately the flickering is still there. It is only on low. Sometimes it doesn't start immediately, but only after maybe 30 sec. or so. Other times, it starts as soon as you turn it to low. Strange....
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Flic
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Mine has begun to do the same. Flickers only on low and may or may not flicker right away. Strange indeed! Still love the light though.
AFAustin
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Hi, Flic. Yep, me, too---great little light.
If the low level flickering is something in the circuit, that is way beyond my abilities to repair. I was hoping for a simple fix.
Andrew
Flying Turtle
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The only thing I did to seemingly stop the flickering was crank down a bit harder when going into low. I think I need to check mine again. Reading these similar reports has me wondering if it's really okay.
Geoff
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Sorry Austin. Worth a try I guess. Now that you mention it, if it's only happening in low, that pretty much rules out a contact fault. One of my lights, the natural HA one, does it every now and then but I had always suspected it was due to the 10440 I use in it.
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I noticed flickering in mine on low when using a weak NiCd but it disappears when using a fully charged battery. Haven't noticed problem with fully charged lithium either. Maybe it is a battery instead of contact issue?? :thinking:
bondr006
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Well, I finally became a member of the exclusive Maratac club today. The UPS man brought me this beautiful little SS Maratac this afternoon. What a nice little light. I like having just the 3 levels with nothing else to cycle through. I also like the beam better than my LOD Q4. She's a keeper, and will be pulling EDC duty from now on.
About 2 feet from the wall
About 2 feet from the wall
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Nice pictures Bond006. My Maratacs replaced my LOD's also.
I received my electro polished SS AAA this morning and all I can say is "wow!" The finish is so smooth it looks chrome plated or perhaps like liquid metal. It makes my polishing job on my first AAA light look like garbage quite honestly. If you wanted a polished Maratac don't even bother trying to do is yourself, just buy the electro polished. It'll save you about half a day of labor and sore fingers.
The pics aren't the best, since they're from the small camera, but you get the idea. 🙂
I received my electro polished SS AAA this morning and all I can say is "wow!" The finish is so smooth it looks chrome plated or perhaps like liquid metal. It makes my polishing job on my first AAA light look like garbage quite honestly. If you wanted a polished Maratac don't even bother trying to do is yourself, just buy the electro polished. It'll save you about half a day of labor and sore fingers.
The pics aren't the best, since they're from the small camera, but you get the idea. 🙂
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TooManyGizmos
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That beam shot can be smoothed out a little with some diffuser material on the lens .... if you like ?
KDOG3
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I like the new polished SS version. I am still leary of them cuz I just can't help thinking they will have heat issues being SS. Anyone report any issues from heat with them?
All versions can not handle heat well cos of the thin battery compartment. I wish they made it even with the head like the LF2XT, new Preons, etc. There are several benefits to this even one tube design: more heatsink; fits in pockets better; easier to put clip on; easier to reverse clip. Still a good light. I have one.
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